GREELEY — It's been a bone-dry search this year for the many farmers and ranchers who depend heavily on leasing water from their municipal neighbors.

Greeley, Fort Collins, Loveland and Longmont — each typically leasing thousands of acre-feet of excess water per year to local producers — have all said it's unlikely they'll have any extra water available in 2013.

Dismal snowpack in the mountains and not having city water as a back-up option is putting farmers in a tough spot, local crop growers say.

With spring planting beginning in the upcoming weeks, many predict they'll cut back on production even more than they did in a drought-stricken 2012.

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